Howie’s Rant

It is with mixed feelings that we announce the merging of Truetalkradio.com and Montrealjewishnews.com . The website for Truetalkradio will go dark in the next couple of weeks and all visitors to the site will […]

I usually don’t use my blog to share my life’s woes, but this blog piece is going to be an exception. I know complaining about your problems, especially in the online universe doesn’t lead to […]

It was a brisk winter’s day when Ariel Sharon came to speak to a packed Beth Israel Beth Aaron synagogue in Cote St Luc, Quebec. It was 1994, Thousands of people packed the shul to […]

As we rapidly approach the end of Gregorian year 2013, as is my tradition every year, I am writing this post to highlight some of the amazing things I’ve learned over the past 12 months. […]

David Goldberg hired me when nobody else would. He was a good editor, gave me leeway to find my voice. He gave me a column when the reporting budget ran out and defended me when […]

Helen Thomas was a long time White House reporter she died this week at the age of 92. Her career was storied as she shared time with most of the Presidents of the United States […]

Over the past few days, the Jewish Community and the Montreal police have been jumping through hoops trying to assure the Jewish Community that the bombings of two restaurants and a Jewish home in Cote […]

Montreal’s Jewish Community is under attack. In three days, three Jewish places have been bombed with homemade Molotov cocktails. Although there have been very minimal damage and no injuries, the attackers have become bolder, attacking […]

I read with great interest Nat Lauzon’s article about being hearing impaired and working in radio. I find it very heartening to know that I am not the only one to suffer from this problem. […]